Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [conj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to sit down because of the shock . |
| 2 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 3 | The system of setting limits to public spending had broken down because of the following : |
| 4 | Well I have to go down cos of the greenhouse |
| 5 | saying oh we 've warned er not to come in because of the roadworks . |
| 6 | The SHAPE project , launched in 1985 , grew out of the educational reforms proposed in the late 1970s but never systematically carried through because of the economic crisis . |
| 7 | It all seemed so logical that you knew Ryan , had come over because of the land . ’ |
| 8 | He moved at once , for he would not lie here on the floor before this ancient evil creature and , although it was awkward and painful to stand up because of the ropes that bound his arms , he did so in a swift fluid movement and stood eyeing the Robemaker . |
| 9 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 10 | In other words , some good measurements might be lost , but bad measurements are likely to be picked up because of the requirement that both the subject measurement and the reference measurement must be consistent . |
| 11 | Scottish champion Jim Mailer was not included in the main draw ; Bruce Flockhart had to pull out because of a leg injury ; and Gordon and Jillian Haldane withdrew because of a family bereavement . |
| 12 | The survey was completed in 1640 and the deer destroyed , but the planned disafforestment and partition was not then carried out because of the outbreak of the Civil War . |
| 13 | Large-scale use of set-nets in the Amazon is recent , and has come about because of the worldwide availability of cheap monofilament nylon nets . |
| 14 | The plaintiff in Diamond Stylus Co Ltd v Bauden Precision Diamonds Ltd [ 1973 ] RPC 675 paid the price for not having an express covenant restraining employees from soliciting customers after employment ended and was forced to argue that solicitation could only have come about because of the misuse of business secrets . |
| 15 | Although he wrote just after the Great Depression of the nineteen-thirties , he rejected the idea that capitalism would break down because of a lack of investment opportunities and a reduction in the real rate of profit . |
| 16 | Does the Minister expect that while the award system is kept under review and resources are scarce , some consideration should be given to students who come from poor backgrounds and achieve high marks but are turned down because of a shortage of places ? |
| 17 | This request was turned down because of the cost and the fact that the present 30 per cent . |
| 18 | The two hour speech that I was going to make I , I cut down because of the weather so I think even though the sun is out , I 'll continue with the abbreviated version of it . |
| 19 | More second marriages break down because of the children of the partners than for any other single cause . |
| 20 | Much of the Act was fiercely argued over because of the very real conflicts of opinion that exist in these areas . |
| 21 | It was noted in 3.5 that long-term participant observation , as a consequence both of the relationship of trust which is built up and of a person 's inability to remain vigilant for long periods , has the effect of blurring the distinction between covert and overt observation . |
| 22 | These are so faint and they only show up because of the long time exposure . |
| 23 | Look , I came back because of the play . |
| 24 | They claim they dropped out because of the increasing costs and argue their route would only cost about £1.7bn . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 26 | As for the Russian angle , it came about because of a dream . |
| 27 | Apparently the offer from the department to submit itself to cross-examination came about because of a gaff in communications between the department and counsel instructed on its behalf by the Treasury Solicitor . |
| 28 | This concentration of the market also came about because of the increasing tendency of the rate of profit to decline . |
| 29 | The changes came about because of the costs of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) , the need for pensions that could be moved along with a change in jobs , and the wish to provide the public with more freedom of choice in their pension plans . |
| 30 | I do believe that came about because of an incident for which Grandfather Hauxwell was responsible . |